N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 0 Office 649-7030 Saints Peter and Paul School Newsletter Important NOVEMBER Dates November 2nd No School Conference Day MRS. JENNY BAINBRIDGE Principal teacher is not expecting you can cause a disruption of teaching time. Thank you for understanding. November 5th Parents Guild Meeting 7:00 p.m. November 11th - No School Veterans Day November 15th - DECEMBER Newsletter Articles Due November 19th Report Cards Sent Home November 22nd & 23rd Early Dismissal - Parent/ Teacher Conferences November 23rd ~ School Mass 9:00 a.m. Please join us! November 24th, 25th & 26th Thanksgiving Recess Happy Thanksgiving! Fall is certainly here! As the air is cooler and the leaves are changing color we have all settled back into our daily routines at school. As we look around us each day we truly have many things to be thankful for. The children that we are blessed to work with everyday bring us great joy! Some reminders about visiting your child during the school day: When visiting you child for lunch, please do not bring in restaurant food. Please have your child bring his lunch or buy lunch in the cafeteria. Please stop in the school office to sign in and receive a visitor s pass when coming to school to help out. Please only go to the classroom of the teacher that is expecting you. Visiting classrooms when the Please do not go to classrooms when teachers are not expecting you. Teachers need to be attentive to the students and it becomes very disruptive. If you need to speak with a teacher, please leave a message and the teacher will contact you when they have a break in their schedule. Please remember there is no parking in the front parking lot in the morning or between 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Please do not pull into the parking lot when the walkers are being dismissed. The safety of the children is our top priority. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Students must bring a note to school if they are planning to leave school by another means of transportation than they normally use. This helps a tremendous amount at the end of the day.
OKTOBERFEST SWEEPSTAKES A HUGE SUCCESS! Our Oktoberfest Sweepstakes was very successful due to the overwhelming support of SSPP school parents. Oktoberfest is the Parents Guilds biggest fundraiser of the year. Thank you to the numerous parents who volunteered at the party as well as all of the wonderful dessert bakers. It was exciting to see so many new parents volunteering for this event. Welcome to the St Pete's family!!! Special thanks are extended to Immaculata Academy for donating the tickets and to Try-it Distributing for our beverages; Michelle Brady for coordinating the parish mailing; Nicole Amodeo for school sales; Barb Blake for ticket distribution and maintaining the database; Deb Anderson for handling sold tickets; all the ticket captains (Mark and Lori Lee, Barb and Jim Blake, Tom and Bridget Wood, Mark and Diane Dipasquale, Joe and Celeste Gray, Beth and Lorraine in the rectory and Mrs. Kirst and Mrs. Mills for school office sales). Thank you, also, to Maureen Casey for coordinating mass sales and to Janice Adams, Celeste Gray and Barb Blake for guiding us along the way. Sincere appreciation to Lisa Stapleton, Jen Fleming and Karen McDonell for organizing the Early Bird Drawing, Fr. Wolski and Fr. Jim for promoting and selling tickets at church, Jay Fleming who organized the bar and Sue Young who put a tremendous effort into managing all the delicious food. We sincerely want to thank each volunteer and all who purchased and sold tickets for Oktoberfest Sweepstakes 2010. Your generosity and commitment to SSPP School is greatly appreciated! After School News JoAnne Mills There will be After Sschool Program on the Early Dismissal days of Nov. 22 & 23. Editor s Note Margaret Sardinia The deadline for articles for the December Newsletter is Monday November 15th Please note that this date is a week earlier than usual because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Thank you for all of your help in adhering to this cut off date. Articles can be e-mailed to me at MSardinia@aol.com or sent to the office. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving! LAWN SIGNS Let everyone in your neighborhood know how proud you are to be a part of SSPP! Lawn signs are available through Mrs. Frisch. If you are interested, please contact her at cfrisch@sspphamburg.org or stop by her office in room 108.
Character First of Hamburg Laura Ruszczyk SENSITIVITY The character virtue for the months of November and December is sensitivity. Sensitivity perceives the true attitudes and emotions of those around me. The more a person is sensitive to the needs of others, the more perception he will gain in all areas of life. To show sensitivity: I will _ Listen to others fully Watch facial expressions Notice tone of voice Put myself in others shoes Show that I care In the book Growing Character by Deb Austin Brown, there is a section on growing good character. The author writes that just like an athlete training for strength, it takes daily practice to become strong in character. Pump yourself up with good character by discussing the below traits with your family and by practicing these habits at home. Be kind to your classmates and family Tell the truth to your teachers and parents. Do your best in school. Think things through. Make good decisions. Study for tests. Do your homework. Do your chores at home without being told. Show compassion and cooperation on the home front. REMINDER Please remember to send in your Boxtops or Campbell soup labels for redemption. All qualifying labels can be turned in to the school office. For questions or information, please contact Kelly Jaworski ( 6 4 6-6 8 6 4 ) o r jaws9292@msn.com. Lottery Winners Kelly Jaworski Congratulations to the following lottery calendar winners for the month of September: Noreen Groundwater $30.00 Fr. Wolski 50.00 Marah Penn 35.00 Chad Collins 30.00 David Nowak 35.00 Henry & Geraldine Zimmer 30.00 Brian Attea 70.00 Rose Goetz 35.00 Mike Burns 30.00 M/M Snyder 50.00 Eugenia LaRusch 35.00 Edith MacGregor 30.00 The 2010-11 lottery continues through January 2011! It is not too late to purchase a ticket. For more information or to purchase a ticket, please contact Kelly Jaworski (646-6864) or jaws9292@msn.com. Thank you for participating in this fundraiser!!!
Enchanted Evening AUCTION 2011 March 26 th T h i s i s a biannual event at our school that is unlike any other fundraiser. The gymnasium is transformed into an atmosphere for an elegant sit down dinner and open bar. The evening starts out with a silent auction and cocktail service with a decadent display of appetizers. There are various items in the silent auction in all price ranges. There is also a $10 chance table, where you purchase an item (last time it was a SSPP sports sack) which contains a prize ranging from jeans day pass to a gift card valued up to $20. Following a catered sit down dinner, a live auction begins on stage. Auction items range from classroom art projects, weekend trips, large appliances, and sports packages. Gifts and prizes are collected throughout the year at gift gathering parties. These parties are generously hosted by a group of parents at a home or at a location such as a restaurant or Willowbend. Gatherings will be themed so as you know what to bring (Bills or Sabres merchandise, wine, etc.) or as always, a cash donation. Following the live auction, the remainder of the evening is enjoyed by great music and dancing. T h i s eve n t i s well attended and will sell out due to limited seating. Tickets will go on sale after the first of the year and will be $50 each. I can only speak from my experience when I volunteered on the donation committee at the very first auction. I didn t know very many people nor did I ever think that someday I would be chairing this very event! The committee met every few weeks for about an hour with a few light responsibilities. It never seemed like work as we laughed and shared ideas which resulted in a successful auction and long lasting friendships. This year we are raffling a trip to Disney valued at $2,000! The cost is $10/ticket which will begin in November. The winning ticket will be pulled at the auction and you do not need to be present to win. We will send home two tickets to each family to try and sell and if you would like to take 5 or 10 ticket packages to work, additional tickets can be arranged. I encourage you to start thinking or saving for this one of a kind event at our school. Consider signing up on one of the committees on the next page and be included in on the fun. I love talking about this event so please call/email me if you would like to learn more or share your ideas!! Kelly Jaworski 646-6864 jaws9292@msn.com Help from Home Michelle Brady Thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to help from home. A list of volunteers has been compiled and will be forwarded to event chairpersons, who will contact you as needed. Thank you for your generosity of time and talent! Any questions can be directed to Michelle Brady (648-5383).
Saints SportsSection Janice Adams MARK YOUR CALENDARS SS Peter and Paul School 4th Annual Basketball Tournament Thursday January 6 Friday January 7 Saturday January 8 Sunday January 9 Thursday January 13 Friday January 14 Saturday January 15 Sunday January 16 Inclement Weather Date: January 17 ATTENTION COACHES! We love hearing about your season. Please don t forget to submit updates & results to Janice Adams jmedveadam@aol.com) Go Saints! Basketball Season Begins... The 2010-2011 Basketball Season begins November 1st and all student/athletes who registered for the progam will be contacted directly by their coach regarding their first practice date/time. SCARF SALE Only $5.00! Show your school spirit! This sale will assist the sports teams in their fundraising efforts for new team uniforms and league fees. Contact any Sports Committee Member or Ms. Frisch to purchase your scarf. Checks should be made payable to SSPP Sports Boosters Basketball Clinics: Our 4 week Basketball Clinic was very successful and a great time was had by all the student/athletes who participated. Thanks to the many volunteer coaches who assisted with instructing the athletes!
Saints Sports Section Janice Adams Soccer The 2010 soccer season saw a significant change for most of our teams. All of the younger teams joined the Varsity in participating in the Fr. Baker Soccer League, an outdoor league which involves many of the Southtowns finest Catholic grade school soccer programs. The Varsity Soccer team steadily improved all season to finish with two straight wins and an overall mark of 2-3-1, missing the championship round of the playoffs by 1 point. The team scoring leaders were Brandon Seifert and Katie Simon, while Henry Zimmer and Quincy Adams capped a fine overall defensive effort by combining for two straight shutouts to finish the year. As of the date of this printing the JV team was coming off of a stunning victory by scoring three goals in the final five minutes of the game, propelling them into the championship game the weekend of October 23-24. The JV squad has posted a 3-2-1 record so far this year, and is led in scoring by Katie Villarini, Henry Young and Matt Bull, while Brian Tatar has been a stone wall in goal for the JV green and gold. The 3 rd and 4 th grade team and 1 st and 2 nd grade team both finished a spirited season of outdoor soccer action showing the promise and development of many budding SS. Peter and Paul soccer superstars of the future! We hope all of players had as much fun as the coaches. Special thanks to all of parents and coaches who helped nearly 100 student athletes enjoy another season of St. Pete s soccer! Cross Country Coach Villarini At the time of this writing, Cross Country is half-way through the season. Thirty-seven students have participated in Cross Country this season. Congratulations to everyone, for such great efforts, in running strong and hard in practice & meets. It's not easy, especially in the cold and rain! Everyone should pat themselves on the back for reaching their personal goals. We are so proud of you all. So far, the Girls have placed 1st in all their meets and the Boys have taken 2 nd place in all their meets. The final cross country meet for the season was Monday October 26 th. Pizza & trophies were handed out after the meet to all runners. Final results will be posted in the next newsletter. Thanks to all the parents for their support and help at the cross country meets in Cazenovia Park and at practice. I couldn't do it without all of you!!! Happy Thanksgiving!
Enchanted Evening Auction 2011 March 26 th Please consider helping out with one of the committees below. You will be part of a team and your assistance is greatly appreciated. I can be reached at 646-6864 or jaws9292@msn.com if you have specific questions. If you are interested in any of the committees below, please write down your name and phone number. Thank you-kelly Jaworski DONATIONS TICKETS RAFFLE ADVERTISING CLASSROOM CRAFTS DECORATING PROGRAM COORDINATE GIFT GATHERING PARTIES (indicate a grade you would be interested in) _ Please return to the office and you will be contacted shortly regarding your committee selection- THANK YOU!!